Episode 43: Red Headed History

The main source for this one was Jacky Colliss Harvey, 2015, Red: A Natural History of the Redhead.

The article which claimed that redheads are more resistant to pain meds was Edwin B. Liem et al., 2004, 'Anesthetic Requirement is Increased in Redheads', Anaesthesiology 1010 (2), 279-283. and you can read the abstract here https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1362956/ 

A takedown of that article with links to newer research is

 Christopher O'Connor, 2019, Myths in Anaesthesiology: Do Redheads have Special Needs?' At Op-Med.  https://opmed.doximity.com/articles/myths-in-anesthesiology-do-redheads-have-special-needs?_csrf_attempted=yes  

The art here is Jules Joseph Lefebvre's Maray Magdelene in the Grotto. More info at https://www.wikiart.org/en/jules-joseph-lefebvre/mary-magdalene-in-the-cave-1876 

Some of Rosetti's paintings of Alice (aka Alexa) Wilding can be seen at the Rosetti Archive:

Monna Vanna: http://www.rossettiarchive.org/docs/s191.rap.html 

The Blessed Damozel: http://www.rossettiarchive.org/docs/s244.rap.html 

Alexa Wilding portraits http://www.rossettiarchive.org/rose/?query=title%3A%22alexa+wilding%22